Schools Defenseless Without Guns

In his letter, "Cost of Opposing Gun Control Too High," Gale Morganroth conjures images from the killings at Newtown, Oregon and others. With those images in mind, I ask those pining for stricter gun control measures to stare at a clock for 10 minutes. That's the average time school shooters have had with defenseless students until they have been met with armed resistance.

That lag time is the result of laws prohibiting guns at schools. We should oppose gun control measures that make us and our children more vulnerable to such attacks. Until we can adequately address the cause of these incidents, we need to protect ourselves. When seconds count, police are minutes away.